The bid of an accounting firm shall not be less than the minimum charging rates prescribed by the local competent price department.

会计师事务所投标报价不得低于当地价格主管部门制定的收费标准下限。

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He claims BMS used its insider knowledge about his proposal for a split (BMS has its own man on ImClone's board) to make a preemptive bid, so it could buy the firm at a cheaper price.

他声称，BMS公司打探到了他“一司两制”的计划(BMS在艾克隆的董事会里也有内线)，预先以低价进行强制收购。

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He was a victim of a scandal involving alleged share-price manipulation at a sister firm fighting a takeover bid.

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In recent weeks, any setback for the bid has given a fillip to the German firm's share-price, mostly recently when the finance minister of the exchange's home state of Hesse condemned it.

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HFS's shareholders now three-quarters of Cendant's investors bid up the firm's share price by almost 2, 000% between its flotation in 1992 and December's merger.

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